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INVENTEI R UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUY MAFERA, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPRING-BED FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,742, dated January5, 1897.

Application filed March 9, 1896. Serial No. 582,308. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUY MAFERA, of Boston,in the county of Suffolk andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Spring-Bed Frames, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to metallic frames for holding springbed-bottoms, and particularly to the angular connecting-piece whichconnects the side rails of a metal bedstead with the elevated,cross-bars, which extend across the bed at the head and foot to supportthe spring bed-bottom fabric or structure.

The invention has for its object to provide a simple and efficientdevice for the purpose mentioned; and it consists in the improvementswhich I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a portion of a metal bedsteador frame embodying my invention. Fig. .2 represents a section on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a section'on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts inall the figures.

In the drawings, a represents one of the side rails of a metal bedstead,the same extending from the head to the foot of the bed, and 1)represents one of the raised cross-bars which extend across the bed atthe head and foot to support the spring fabric or structure, which issuitably engaged with said cross-bars and is suspended thereby above thelevel of the side bars ain a manner which is well known and needs nofurther explanation. In carrying out my invention I connect the sidebars a with the cross-bar b by means.

of an angular connection or'coupling c, which comprises the integrallower socket portion 2, formed to receive one end of a side bar a, andhas a projecting tenon 3, formed to enter a suitable socket in one ofthe end frames of the bedstead. The connection or coupling 0 is alsoprovided with the integral elevated socket 4:, arranged at a right angleto the socket 2 and formed to receive one end of the cross-bar b, saidsocket having in one side a slot 5, through which passes a bolt 6,whereby the cross-bar is adjustably secured to the socket, provisionbeing thus made for adapting the socket to the width of the bed.

The bars a and Z) are preferably made angular or L-shaped incross-section, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the socket 2 is formed sothat the salient angle of the side bar a is presented at the outer andupper portion of the bed-frame, thus giving the latter a moresymmetrical appearance than would be the case ifthe said angle were atthe inner and lower portion, as usual in metallic bed-frames.

Owing to the coupling being formed of a single piece of metal, thesockets 2 and 4 being integral with each other, no bolts are em ployedfor connecting the parts other than that which provides for theadjustment of the upper cross-bar 1) according to the width of thebedstead. The edges of the sockets are bent over the edges of the bars aand b, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and are thus secured thereto withoutbolts and screws in such manner that they can be applied to the bars orremoved therefrom by endwise movement.

1. An angular connecting-piece or coupling for the side and end rails ofmetallic bedsteads, the same comprising the sockets 2 and 4 integrallyconnected and extending at right angles to each other in differentplanes, each of said sockets being angular in cross-section and havingits edges provided with internal grooves or ways adapted to receive theedges of the side and end rails, and one of said sockets having a tenon3.

2. The combination with the side and end rails a and b composed of barsof metal L- shaped in cross'seotion, of the couplingc having theintegral sockets 2 and 4 extending at right angles to each other fromopposite ends of the portion 0, each of said sockets being angular incross-section and having its edges provided with internal grooves or'ways adapted to receive the edges of the rails a and b, the socket 2having the end tenon 3 and the socket 4 being provided with the slot 5,and the bolt 6 passing through said slot into the rail 19, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 7th day of- February, A. D.1896.

GUY MAFERA. \Vitnesses:

ALBERT LEvIs, C. F. BROWVN.

